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Bahar Biller
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Principal Operations Researcher at the SAS Analytics Center of Excellence

Bahar Biller is a Principal Operations Researcher at the SAS Analytics Center of Excellence. In this role, she collaborates with clients, product managers, and researchers to improve the efficiency and resiliency of industrial and service operations, applying the technologies of systems optimization under uncertainty. Previous roles include Senior Operations Researcher at General Electric’s Global Research Center and Assistant/Associate Professor at Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business. Bahar is a recipient of Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, a past-President of the Simulation Society of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences, and General Chair of Winter Simulation Conference 2023. She holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences from Northwestern University and a B.S./M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from Bilkent University, Turkey.